Luke Trouwborst

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

@expercom When I ordered from you online, this is what I got -- and have waited over a month for a refund! yikes!

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

In College Writing I at King's we read Orwell's"Politics and the English Language" and saw the way jargon ("rightsizing") conceals meaning. King's survival has always been in question. I just wish we hadn't been subsumed into the hellscape of bureaucratic educational technique.

[Empire State Tribune @ESTribune]

BREAKING NEWS: The King’s College will undergo several “strategic rightsizing” changes within the next few years, according to an internal announcement from the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Read more of this report by Melinda Huspen here: https://t.co/Mgjr9h8HQw

[Christ and Pop Culture @christandpc]

Dunder Mifflin might start off looking like hell, writes @luketrouwborst, but later seasons of #TheOffice reveal it to be a purgatory that “allows us to make sense of the way its characters mellow and grow into themselves with the passing of time.” https://t.co/x1bB1sx1Ue

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

The modern world is Grammarly correcting Emily Dickinson

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

@OHouseago @England Dude! So cool you got to be there! Congrats, good luck, cheers, etc...

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

@bpgbcg @kalinah Tax policy is easy to understand; the complexities of the human soul are not

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

None of this is to deny how decisions are *actually* made at modern corporations! It's to argue that there are other models of the corporation available to us. (cc:@AmSolidarity)

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

This may be descriptively true, but it doesn't have to be.

In Blackstone's commentaries, corporations are "bodies politic" formed "for the benefit of the public ... [and] for the advancement of religion, of learning, and of commerce." (1/5)

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

Sometimes, I forget that private corporations exist to do literally nothing except maximize profit for owners. That's the whole model.

There is no, "We make money and..." or, "We're good because..." They exist to maximize profit. Social utility, if there is any, is ancillary.

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

In this tradition, forming a Super Duper Mega European League likely goes against the duty of a corporation -- in part because it is not sustainable and against narrow self-interest! Both are violations of fiduciary duty.

[𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 @TheAlanNoble]

I suspect that fifty years from now evangelicals will look back with frustration and regret at how much money and resources we squandered on decadence and living our best lives now and petty culture war skirmishes. We have the resources to shore up the ruins but there is no will.

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

Back in your day, nobody called child protective services on you for letting your kid walk to the park!

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

@glbaumann fair! I prefer Simmons too long-term, but Harden is genuinely incredible this year.

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

@glbaumann https://t.co/QFf62g4TNL

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

@glbaumann https://t.co/qlXncPgfNS

[Justin Taylor @between2worlds]

“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities, and commercials.”

—Neil Postman, 35 years ago (before gifs)

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

In the words of Wendell Berry, resist "the quick profit ... Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias."

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

Planned obsolescence is a problem, and it is one of the clearest examples of how profit/shareholder value often doesn't always align with social value. "lol free market capitalism🧐" is a tempting response, but it misses a lot of what's going on here (a brief thread:)

[American Solidarity Party 🧡 @AmSolidarity]

Apple doesn't want you to be able to repair your iPhone.

This is a good example of how corporations often look to increase their profit in ways that don't actually create value for consumers, and lobby governments to help them do it.

[Luke Trouwborst @luketrouwborst]

And as much as we should advocate for more regulation to fight planned obsolescence, we also need deregulation in other places. And, quite simply, as a consumer, demand quality and sustainability in what you buy! Buy clothes and appliances and furniture that will last!